Verisign has continued its fascinating twist of the knife in recent days, insisting it intends to keep beating this dead horse of a service.
In a not-so-shocking move, Verisign agreed to pull its Sitefinder service.
In an article at CircleID entitled "President of Tucows in Response to SiteFinder", the, you guessed it, CEO of Tucows comments on Verisign's recent activity, with an angle that's been the gut feeling behind much of the public's reaction to Verisign's Sitedinder service.
Alexa, which records traffic statistics through its own Alexa toolbar, as well as the toolbars of several other organizations, has recorded a 571% boost in trafic heading to Verisign's website through Sitefinder.
The Public Internet Registry, who manage .org, have put out an official statement about the actions of Verisign.
In response to Verisign's Sitefinder service, the Internet Architecture Board of the IETF has made an official statement.
A call to arms against the Sitefinder service - and an explanation of why it's important to do so.
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